TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verstappen,Sanderien
TI  - New lives in Anand: Building a Muslim hub in Western India
T2  - Global South Asia
SN  - 9780295749631
AV  - DS432.M84 V47 2022
PY  - 2022///]
KW  - Muslims
KW  - India
KW  - Ānand
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Islam
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Culture
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Gujarat
KW  - Gujarat Riots, India, 2002
KW  - Ānand (India)
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and index; Reorientation in a Post-Violence Landscape -- Regional Orientations : The Charotar Sunni Vohras -- Rural-Urban Transitions : From the Village to the Segregated Town -- Uprooted and at Home : Transnational Routes of (No) Return -- Getting Around : Middle-class Muslims in a Regional Town -- New Lives, New Concepts
N2  - "In 2002 widespread communal violence tore apart hundreds of towns and villages in rural parts of Gujarat, India. In the aftermath, many Muslims living in Hindu-majority villages sought safety in the small town of Anand, some relocating with the financial assistance of their relatives overseas. Following such dramatic displacement and disorientation, Anand emerged as a site of opportunity and hope. For its residents and transnational visitors, Anand's Muslim area is not just a site of marginalization; it has become an important focal point and regional center from which they can participate in the wider community of Gujarat and reimagine society in more inclusive terms. This compelling ethnography shows how in Anand the experience of residential segregation led not to estrangement or closure but to distinctive practices of mobility and exchange that embed Muslim residents in a variety of social networks. In doing so, New Lives in Anand moves beyond established notions of ghettoization to foreground the places, practices, and narratives that are significant to the people of Anand. It asks how people get on with their lives after an episode of violence to create new spaces and societies and to reconfigure their sense of belonging"--
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